Stay Grounded
This conductor provides a low-impedance path back to the source to clear a fault.
What is the equipment grounding conductor?
This device is designed to protect people from shock by monitoring current imbalance.
What is a GFCI?
This is the minimum copper conductor size allowed for most residential branch circuits.
What is 14 AWG?
This device is designed to protect conductors from overloads and short circuits.
What is a circuit breaker?
This is the minimum required working space depth in front of most electrical equipment.
What is 36 inches?
This NEC term describes the permanent joining of metallic parts to ensure electrical continuity.
What is bonding?
This type of protection is required in most residential living areas to help prevent fires caused by arcing.
What is AFCI protection?
This size copper conductor is typically used for a 20-amp residential branch circuit.
What is 12 AWG?
This is the maximum number of conductors allowed under a terminal unless the terminal is specifically rated otherwise.
What is one conductor?
This is the minimum required width of working space in front of electrical equipment.
What is 30 inches (or the width of the equipment, whichever is greater)?
This item is required to bond the grounded (neutral) conductor to the service enclosure.
What is the main bonding jumper?
In a dwelling unit, GFCI protection is required for receptacles within this distance of a sink edge.
What is within 6 feet?
This factor must be considered when more than three current-carrying conductors are installed in a raceway or cable.
What is ampacity derating?
This breaker type is commonly used to supply 120/240-volt loads like ranges or dryers.
What is a two-pole breaker?
This is the minimum required height of working space in front of electrical equipment
What is 6 feet 6 inches?
According to the NEC, this grounding electrode is required at every service.
What is a grounding electrode conductor connected to a grounding electrode system?
(Acceptable: ground rod, UFER, metal water pipe when present)
This location requires both GFCI and AFCI protection in a typical dwelling unit.
What is a kitchen receptacle?
This temperature rating is most commonly used when determining conductor ampacity for NM-B cable.
What is 60°C?
In a main service panel, this conductor is bonded to the enclosure.
What is the grounded (neutral) conductor?
This type of storage is not permitted in the required electrical working space.
What is storage of any kind?
This is the only location in a residential system where the neutral and equipment grounds are permitted to be bonded together.
What is the service disconnect?
This method can be used to provide GFCI protection to multiple downstream receptacles without using a GFCI breaker.
What is using a GFCI receptacle protecting downstream outlets?
This NEC rule requires branch-circuit conductors to be sized at 125% of the continuous load.
What is the continuous load rule?
This unsafe condition occurs when the neutral and equipment grounding conductors are connected together in a subpanel.
What is an improper neutral-to-ground bond?
This NEC rule requires electrical equipment to have clear access without doors or panels that must be opened to reach it.
What is the requirement for unobstructed access to electrical equipment?